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Polymer Clay Tattoo Style Necklace

Tattoo inspired polymer clay pendants

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/polymer-clay-tattoo-style-necklace • Posted by nora c.

These easy to make pendants can be personalised with any name for a unique little present! I have used here some traditional tattoo style lettering, but why not try the name of your favourite band,or your boyfriend's name.....

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

1 h 30

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

These easy to make pendants can be personalised with any name for a unique little present! I have used here some traditional tattoo style lettering, but why not try the name of your favourite band,or your boyfriend's name.....

Instructions

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    take a grape-sized piece of red polymer clay, and shape into a heart around a piece of wire. bend the borrom of the wire into a hook shape before inserting, to make it more secure.

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    Roll out some white polymer clay thinly, and cut into strips about 5mm wide and one and a half times the width of the heart

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    Cut little "v" shapes out of each end of white strip and lay across the heart

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    Fold over each end of white strip like this.....

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    Make tiny roses by rolling up a little strip of red polymer clay. Form tiny leaves from green polymer clay as shown.....

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    Gently press rose/ leaves in place. Gently press white "ribbon " in place. Bake in oven at 130 degrees C for 30 minutes

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    When cool, add lettering. Either use waterproof ink and a super-fine calligraphy pen, or else use another image transfer technique of your choice....

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    Give the completed pendant 2 or 3 coats of varnish. Add 3 little black seed beads to wire, then form a loop and attatch to some thonging.